Skylight Social vs BuzzFeed Island
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Skylight Social
Easily share short-form videos to showcase creativity and discover new trends. Connect with creators and maintain ownership of your content, style, and story.
- Short-form video sharing
- Discover new trends
- Connect with creators
- Video ownership
- Showcase creativity
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Skylight makes sharing short-form videos easy and empowering! Showcase your creativity, discover new trends, and connect with your favorite creators. With Skylight, you own your videos, your style, and your story.
BuzzFeed Island
Create and share hilarious, personalized images with friends. Use AI generators, unique filters, and daily challenges to spark conversations and friendly competition within your group.
- AI image generation
- Customizable filters
- Daily challenges
- Group chat sharing
- Content remixing
- Conversation starters
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From BuzzFeed — the app that gives your group chat something to talk about. BF Island is where you create wild, hilarious, and weirdly personal images designed to blow up your group chat. Make images based on your vibe, aesthetic, or your latest inside joke — powered by the same chaotic energy BuzzFeed has been bringing to the internet for over a decade. Create AI Images In Seconds Transform yourself and your friends with filters that lean into your vibe. Rat mode? Check. Surprise mullet? Obviously. Filters that make you go "why does this exist" and then immediately use it five more times. Daily Conversation Starters & Prompts Create custom content that your friends can react to and escalate into full-blown bits. Every creation is a conversation starter that your friends can riff on in the app. Every share is an invitation to chaos. Group Chats Designed For Sharing BuzzFeed Island is where your group's humor lives. A shared space for visual jokes, creative riffs, custom stickers, and moments that only make sense to your people. Make It a Sticker Turn any creation into a custom iMessage sticker in seconds. Your best bits, now living rent-free in every conversation. Download BuzzFeed Island. Start creating with friends.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BuzzFeed Island at 80% against Skylight Social's 35%. BuzzFeed Island also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.4). Skylight Social's advantage is ratings volume (1.4K vs 25) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BuzzFeed Island holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Skylight Social has 1.4K ratings behind it against 25, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of Skylight Social's written reviews are positive against 80% of BuzzFeed Island's.
Skylight Social ships an update fortnightly, BuzzFeed Island every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Skylight Social | BuzzFeed Island |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (1.4K ratings) | 4.7 (25 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.8% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.4K — better | 25 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 143 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Skylight Social, PBC | BuzzFeed |
Customer experience
Skylight Social
BuzzFeed Island
Bugs and requests
Skylight Social
Reported bugs
2 issues- Errors when trying to access settings or upload videos
- Inconsistent video playback and loading issues
Requested features
3 requests- Improved content discovery and personalization
- Addition of reposting and timestamp features
- Expanded creator tools and monetization options
BuzzFeed Island
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Skylight Social
No in-app purchases
BuzzFeed Island
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Skylight Social free?
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